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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with his legal defense team on July 16, 2024, for a hearing on pretrial motions in his racketeering case. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘This dog will not hunt’; Feds say Supreme Court ruling has no impact on Madigan bribery allegations

July 30, 2024 at 12:50 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent interpretation of a key anti-corruption law does not dismantle the sprawling racketeering case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, prosecutors argued in a court...

The United Center in Chicago is seen March 5, 2024. The Democratic convention is slated to be held at the United Center from Aug. 19-22. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Plans for multi-block DNC security perimeter announced by authorities as convention spotlight nears

July 25, 2024 at 6:11 p.m.

Federal and local authorities on Thursday released long-awaited details of the planned security perimeter around the upcoming Democratic National Convention.

Michael McClain, left, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on May 2, 2023, after being found guilty in the ComEd Four bribery trial. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Madigan confidant asks for severance from upcoming corruption trial, claiming ex-speaker’s legal team could ‘ambush’ him

July 22, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

In a motion filed Friday evening, attorneys for Michael McClain asked that he be severed in his upcoming racketeering trial with former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with his legal defense team on July 16, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Madigan attorneys lay out plan to scrub potential jurors’ social media; feds say jury ‘not a fantasy team’

July 19, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

Lawyers for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan are offering to pay out of their own pocket for a company to scrub prospective jurors’ social media before Madigan's corruption trial.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, second from left, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with his legal defense team on July 16, 2024, for a hearing on pretrial motions in his racketeering case. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Ex-Speaker Madigan back in court after lawyers ask judge to gut indictment in light of SCOTUS ruling

November 21, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

Armed with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that scaled back a key federal bribery statute, lawyers for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan have argued 14 counts of the indictment should be...

Former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts, center, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced to 22 months in prison, he pleaded guilty in July to stealing thousands of dollars from a purported drug dealer, Oct. 9, 2013. (Phil Velasquez baiduhai)

Last-minute settlement in lawsuit against corrupt CPD Sgt. Ronald Watts could be a key test for 175 more

July 12, 2024 at 5:15 p.m.

A lawsuit alleging misconduct by notorious ex-Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts settled for an undisclosed amount on the eve of trial.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, center, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3, 2024, after a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey over whether Madigan's landmark trial should be postponed pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in another Chicago-area bribery case. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Prosecutors, defense won’t seek to delay Michael Madigan trial after high court ruling

July 9, 2024 at 6:27 p.m.

Federal prosecutors late Monday revealed a muted initial response to the bombshell U.S. Supreme Court decision that could directly affect some of the counts in the case against the former...

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder arrives with attorney, Jackie Bennett Jr, and his wife, Deborah, to federal court in Hammond on March 15, 2018. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Madigan, ComEd Four cases imperiled by U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening public corruption law

June 26, 2024 at 8:56 p.m.

In a 6-3 ruling, the court's highly anticipated opinion threw out a key part of the federal bribery statute and sided with the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, James Snyder.

Ex-Ald. Edward Burke leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after he was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $2 million for his corruption conviction on June 24, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Humbled political titan Edward Burke sentenced to 2 years in prison in corruption case; judge fines ex-alderman $2 million

June 25, 2024 at 7:21 a.m.

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke was sentenced to 2 years in prison in his corruption case by a judge in federal court and fined $2 million.

Ex-Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, exits the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 5, 2024, following a post-trial motions hearing for acquittal in his corruption trial, which ended in December 2023. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Sentencing for ex-Ald. Edward Burke offers referendum on Chicago’s old-school corruption

July 7, 2025 at 3:10 p.m.

After a lifetime of backroom wheeling and dealing, former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke faces the most consequential negotiation of his life on Monday at his sentencing.

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